Exacerbate : Mitigate :: ___________
Choose the option with the correct pair of words to fill the blank.
Choose the option with the correct pair of words to fill the blank.
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- Aggravate : Alleviate
- Alleviate : Precipitate
- Aggravate : Precipitate
- Emancipate : Exonerate
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
This question tests the ability to spot a word relationship and find the pair that carries the same relationship. The given pair is "Exacerbate : Mitigate". Exacerbate means to make a problem or situation worse, and mitigate means to make it less severe. So the two words are opposites: one makes things worse, the other makes things better. We need a pair of words that has the exact same "worsen : relieve" relationship, in the same order.
- Aggravate : Alleviate: Aggravate means to make worse (a direct synonym of exacerbate), and alleviate means to make less severe or ease a problem (a direct synonym of mitigate). The order and the meaning match the given pair exactly.
- Alleviate : Precipitate: Alleviate means to ease or lessen, but the first word in the given pair means to worsen, not to ease. This pair starts with the wrong sense, and precipitate means to cause something to happen suddenly, which has nothing to do with severity of a problem.
- Aggravate : Precipitate: Aggravate correctly matches exacerbate (to worsen), but precipitate does not mean to lessen or relieve, so the second half of the relationship breaks down.
- Emancipate : Exonerate: Emancipate means to free someone from restriction or control, and exonerate means to clear someone of blame. Neither word is about worsening or relieving a situation, so this pair does not carry the same relationship at all.
Only option (A) keeps both the meaning and the order of the original pair: the first word means to worsen, and the second word means to ease or lessen. So "Aggravate : Alleviate" is the correct match.
Let's summarize:
- Exacerbate and aggravate both mean "to make worse."
- Mitigate and alleviate both mean "to make less severe."
- A good analogy needs the same relationship in the same order, not just any two words with vaguely related meanings.
The correct pair is "Aggravate : Alleviate," which is option (A).
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